Water-closet-bowl cover.



A. M. ZIMIVIERS.

WATER CLOSET BOWL COVER.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 17. 1915.

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ABRAHAI-JI M. ZIMIVIEBS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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. Application filed May'lZ, 1915. .Serial No. 28,525.

To allwho'm it may'con'cernr Be it known that I, ABRAHAM M. ZIM ERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State'of .Maryland, have .invented certain new and useful Improvements in /Vater-Closet-Bowl Covers, of which the following is a specification.

The device which is the subject'matter of the present application for patent is designed for'the purpose of preventing unauthorized use of water closets, and also for preventing solid and other objects liable to clog the closet from being thrown into the bowl thereof.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and efiicient device of the kind stated, and also one which can be readily applied, the attaching means being adjustable to adapt the device for different sizes and styles of closet bowls.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be herinafter described and claimed, and in order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had tothe ac companying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a cross section of a closet bowl and the device in place thereon; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, and Fig. 3 is a. cross section thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a fragment of an ordinary closet bowl having a rear neck 6 for connection of the flush pipe. The bowl also has the usual hinged seat 7.

Beneath the seat 7 is located a closure for the opening 8 thereof and also for the bowl 5. This closure comprises two opposite pivoted plates 9 which are shaped to conform to the contour of the bowl, and have a depending marginal flange 10 at the sides extending around the rim of the bowl. The plates are located between the seat and the top of the bowl. and when in closing position they meet midway between the sides of the bowl and the seat. The plates are pivoted or hinged to swing in a horizontal plane, so that they may be swung sidewise away from each other to uncover thebowl and the seat opening.

At the back of the bowl 5 is a support for the plat-es 9, the same comprising a shelf 11 to the top of which the plates are hinged or pivoted by bolts 12. The shelf seats on top of the rear portion of the bowl, and has a.

plurality of apertures 13 for the pivot bolts,

Specification of Letters Patent.

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ning fromthefront to" the rear, so that the plates may be set forwardly or rearwardly and thus properly adjusted to different sizes and styles of bowls. The shelf has two laterally spaced, depending branches 14 atits rear. end which straddle the neck 6, and to said branches is adjustably secured an inverted yoke 15 extending beneath the neck, and'having its branchesstraddling the same. The yoke is secured to the branches 14 by bolts or other suitable fasteners 16, and the branches 14 have a plurality of bolt holes 17 so that the yoke may be adjusted up or down according to the position of the neck 6 on the bowl.

As the shelf 11 seats on top of the bowl 5, and yoke 15 extends beneath the neck 6, the shelf is securely held in place on the bowl when the yoke is drawn up tightly against the neck and made fast by the bolts 16. The device can therefore beeasily applied, and the fastening means permit attachment to any ordinary closet bowl, no specially constructed bowl being necessary.

The plates 9 are provided with a lock so that they may be locked in closing position. An ordinary padlock 18 may be employed for this purpose, the same being applied to rings 19' carried by the free front ends of the plates. Upon swinging the plates together, and locking the same, the seat opening 8 is completely closed, and the closet cannot be used; nor can anything be thrown into the bowl. Before the closet can be used the plates must be unlocked, after which they may be separated by being swung sidewise, whereupon'the seat opening and the bowl are uncovered and rendered ready for use.

In order to effect a tight joint between the meeting edges of the plates 9, one of said edgesiscrimpedto form a groove 20 in which the edge of the other plate seats as shown in Fig. 3, and said last-mentioned edge is reinforced by doubling the same. as indicatedat 21. The crimp also extends outward, as indicated at 22, to form a guide to facilitate the entry of the edge 21 into the groove 20.

It willbe evident from the foregoing that the device provides a simple and efficient means for preventing unauthorized use of the closet, and also for preventing solid and other objects liable to clog the closet, from being thrown into the bowl. The device can also be easily applied, and it effectually serves the'purpose for which it is designed;

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will be evident that various modifications may be made without departure from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed hereinafter.

I claim:

1. Thecombinatio-n with a closet bowl; thetopof the bowl, locking means for said closure, and a support for the closure attached to thebowl, said support -comprising a shelf seating on top of the bowl at the rear thereof and having laterally spaced depending branches, and an inverted yoke 'adjustably secured to said'branches, the

bowl having a projecting part which is straddled by the branches and the yoke.

,2. The combination with a closet bowl; of

a swinging closure therefor located over the top of the bowl, locking means for said shelf and the closure, said pivots being adjustable forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the bowl, the shelf having laterally spaced depending branches, and an inverted yoke adjustably secured to said branches, the bowl having a projecting part which is straddled by the branches and the yoke.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ABRAHAM M. ZIMMERS. Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, HOWARD D. ADAMS.

v Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

